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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bridgend website
8,497 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
38 Duke Street Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Ls
Received 16 Feb 2006Land Adj To 42 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4BD
Received 21 Jun 2007Ty Afon Craig-Y-Parcau Maerthyrmawr Bridgend Cf32 0Nt
Received 16 Oct 200638 Georgian Way Brackla CF31 23X
Received 5 May 2016Veronica Cottage West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SR
Received 24 Mar 2014Land Rear Of 110 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 10 Jan 200844 West Drive Porthcawl CF36 3HS
Received 4 Mar 202455 Deri Avenue Pencoed CF35 6TT
Received 9 Sept 201485 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 18 Nov 20201 St John's Drive, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5PW
Received 19 May 20262 Attlee Street Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9TQ
Received 22 Nov 2022108 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 28 May 201319 Clos y Gog Broadlands CF31 5FP
Received 9 Sept 2024Coychurch Crematorium Heol Simonstone Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AB
Received 23 Apr 2009Land between 16 & 17 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AD
Received 16 Aug 201729 Esgair Y Maes Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bl
Received 9 Jun 2006Morfa Farmhouse 86 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 13 Jul 201511 Sea View Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Be
Received 15 Nov 2006Porthcawl Medical Center Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 6 Dec 2018Seaview Farm Pyle Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 8TB
Received 2 Jul 2015Sinclair Volkswagen Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 22 Jun 20153 Careg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Eh
Received 31 Jul 2006Unit 7 Raven Close Bridgend Ind Est Bridgend
Received 26 Jan 20059 Westbourne Place Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Eh
Received 6 Jul 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bridgend County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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